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ROI consults on renewable heat obligation
The ROI Government has agreed to the introduction of an obligation on the heat sector to include renewable heat by 2024. Several policy measures aimed at decarbonising the heat sector...
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Bioliquids excluded from Renewable Heat Incentive
...“In contrast, recent trials of heat pumps revealed the limitations of the technology in many homes, such as having to install oversized radiators to cope with the lower heat temperatures....
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Oil – the cheapest form of heating since July 2014
With the first month of Autumn underway, many customers will be thinking about turning on the heating for the first time in a few months. For those on heating oil,...
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Industry body backs fuel poverty campaign
...to discuss the help available to them. Distributor support “UKIFDA members also offer the Cold Weather Priority scheme to heating oil customers age 75+ which enables elderly consumers, who heat...
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Distributor Diaries January 24: the latest updates from our distributor community
...Abby continues. “The Flame 35 industrial heating oil, coupled with the cutting-edge tank infrastructure, positions us as a reliable partner for businesses seeking efficient heating solutions. “The new tank not...
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Wanted – a total rethink on the UK’s low carbon heat strategy
...position to make the large leap towards wholly renewable heating,” said OFTEC director general Jeremy Hawksley. Working towards a low carbon future for heating Committed to working towards a low...
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WANTED – positive change in home heating and energy policies
Mark Askew – hopeful of a change in policies relating to the off grid sector and in particular the oil heating industry The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is looking...
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Crude oil trend boosts heating oil prices
Rising from an average of 34.40ppl including VAT in September to 39.90ppl in October, UK heating oil prices have risen 16% – the steepest increase since the winter of 2010. ...
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Airport Energy – making every single litre count
...smooth passage for Heathrow’s many hundreds of flights daily; but also vital to the airport’s smooth running is fuel for up to 7000 other vehicles which provide essential services –...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Who will win the race?
...of replacing fossil fuels for heating requirements that can’t currently be met by the gas grid, heat pumps or district heating networks.” We are working closely with our partners at...
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RHI target – an unrealistic goal?
Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC Targets set out in the impact assessment produced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) state that Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will support...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: All change please, all change!
...that a pragmatic approach to decarbonising the 1.7 million homes in the UK that use oil for heating should include replacing kerosene oil with a renewable liquid fuel or blend:...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: “What do we want? HVO! When do we want it? Now!”
...thank you worth repeating What I do know is that I need to say thank you. Every single person who responded to the consultation on alternative heating technologies played their...
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Energy independence, affordability and the future of heat: what the King’s Speech means for fuel distributors
...tighter standards for rental properties, support for vulnerable households and further encouragement of solar and heat pump adoption. For those supplying or distributing heating oil and other traditional liquid fuels,...
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Low carbon fuels are deliverable
...their potential to deliver carbon reductions over different timescales. The research also compares the decarbonisation potential of biofuels with other low carbon heating options in oil-heated homes. The modelling, which...
Opinion
Biomass Strategy acknowledges off-grid challenges and role for HVO
...little choice in the event of a boiler breakdown after 2026, expected to replace their heating system with a heat pump costing on average around £13,000 to £15,000 – four...
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Ken’s Corner: Here Comes the Sun?
...heating system used. Notably, 55% of all oil heated homes have someone over the age of 60 living in them, which is a higher percentage compared to gas (40%) and...
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UKIFDA supports TRA proposals on HVO
...for heating industry in the UK is currently concentrating on renewable liquid fuels as a replacement for conventional fossil-based heating oil, in particular Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The fuel provides...